Padre is described as 'Perl IDE, an Integrated Development environment, or in other words a text editor that is simple to use for new Perl programmers but also supports large multi-lingual and multi-technology projects' and is a IDE in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Padre for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Padre alternative is Eclipse, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Padre are Microsoft Visual Studio, Aptana Studio, Qt Creator and CotEditor.